World records for Internet speeds do not last very long, such is the case with the 'Internet2 network' group. The operators of the Internet2 network set a new world record for data transfer over the Internet by achieving 9.08 gigabits per second using standard communications protocols.
To give you an idea of what these numbers are, a standard DVD movie is about 6-7 gigs. The group 'Internet2 network' sent more than a movies worth of information over 20,000 miles in less than 1 second.
So why is my itunes update download taking so long?
Check out all the details after the jump.
1 comment:
That's some impressive speed. Really it's almost unfathomable. (At least from someone who's been doing this thing for decades.)
Just as this is unfathomably fast, so to would a 300k baud modem to today's high school/college crowd.
We've come a long way baby!!!
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